USPTO Patents Application 10024648

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

Commissioner for Patents
United States Patent and Trademark Office

V&shington, D.C. 20231

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APPLICATION NUMBER

FILING/RECEIPT DATE

FIRST NAMED APPLICANT | ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER |

10/024,648

12/19/2001

Heather J. Belmont 49663/7 1 758

CONFIRMATION NO. 2636

21874

DIKE, BRONSTEIN, ROBERTS AND CUSHMAJ
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRACTICE GRCfl
EDWARDS & ANGELL, LLP. [
P.O. BOX 9169 I
BOSTON, MA 02209 \

♦OC000000007477112*

FORMALITIES LETTER

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Date Mailed: 02/14/2002

NOTICE TO FILE MISSING PARTS OF NONPROVISIONAL APPLICATION

FILED UNDER 37 CFR 1.53(b)

Filing Date Granted

An application number and filing date have been accorded to this application. The item(s) indicated below,
however, are missing. Applicant is given TWO MONTHS from the date of this Notice within which to file all
required items and pay any fees required below to avoid abandonment Extensions of time may be obtained by
filing a petition accompanied by the extension fee under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).

• The statutory basic filing fee is missing.

Applicant must submit $ 740 to complete the basic filing fee for a non-small entity. If appropriate, applicant
may make a written assertion of entitlement to small entity status and pay the small entity filing fee (37
CFR 1.27).

• Total additional claim fee(s) for this application is $2806.

■ $1854 for 103 total claims over 20.

• $672 for 8 independent claims over 3 .

■ $280 for multiple dependent claim surcharge.

• The oath or declaration is missing.

A properly signed oath or declaration in compliance with 37 CFR 1.63, identifying the application by the
above Application Number and Filing Date, is required.

• To avoid abandonment, a late filing fee or oath or declaration surcharge as set forth in 37 CFR 1.16(1) of
$130 for a non-small entity, must be submitted with the missing items identified in this letter.

• The balance due by applicant is $ 3676.

The application is informal since it does not comply with the regulations for the reason(s) indicated below.
The required item(s) identified below must be timely submitted to avoid abandonment:

• Substitute drawings in compliance with 37 CFR 1.84 because:

■ drawing sheets do not have the appropriate margin(s) (see 37 CFR 184(g)). Each
sheet must include a top margin of at least 2.5 cm. (1 inch), a left side margin of at
least 2.5 cm. (1 inch), a right side margin of at least 1.5 cm. ( 5/8 inch), and a bottom

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margin of at least 1.0 cm. (3/8 inch);
" ■ Numbers, letters, and reference characters must measure at least 0.32 cm (1/8 inch)
in height.

• This application clearly fails to comply with the requirements of 37 C.F.R. 1.821-1.825. Applicant's attention
is directed to the final rulemaking notice published at 55 FR 18230 (May 1, 1990), and 1114 OG 29 (May
15, 1990). If the effective filing date is on or after July 1, 1998, see the final rulemaking notice published at
63 FR 29620 (June 1, 1998) and 1211 OG 82 (June 23, 1998). If the effective filing date is on or after
September 8, 2000, see the final rulemaking notice published in the Federal Register at 65 FR 54604
(September 8, 2000) and 1238 OG 145 (September 19, 2000). Applicant must provide an initial computer
readable form (CRF) copy of the "Sequence Listing", an initial paper or compact disc copy of the
"Sequence Listing", as well as an amendment directing its entry into the application. Applicant must also
provide a statement that the content of the sequence listing information recorded in computer readable
form is identical to the written (on paper or compact disc) sequence listing and, where applicable, includes
no new matter, as required by 37 CFR 1.821(e), 1.821(0, 1821(g), 1.825(b), or 1.825(d). If applicant
desires the sequence listing in the instant application to be identical with that of another application on file
in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, such request in accordance with 37 CFR 1.821(e) may be
submitted in lieu of a new CRF.

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